Fire Rescue Scene photos

Chicago Transit Authority elevated train derailment
Tim Olk photo
Chicago Transit Authority elevated train derailment
Tim Olk photo
Chicago Transit Authority elevated train derailment
Tim Olk photo
Chicago Transit Authority elevated train derailment
Tim Olk photo
Chicago Transit Authority elevated train derailment
Tim Olk photo

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Chicago firefighters were called to rescue a tree trimmer that was stuck upside down, roughly 75 feet in the air with a fractured leg.

accident leaves tree worker upside down with fractured leg
Tim Olk photo
accident leaves tree worker upside down with fractured leg
Tim Olk photo
accident leaves tree worker upside down with fractured leg
Tim Olk photo
accident leaves tree worker upside down with fractured leg
Tim Olk photo

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Chicago Executive Airport – Aircraft emergency 12/5/18

1967 Cessna 310N with unlocked front landing gear  – Prospect Heights and Wheeling Fire Departments

The aircraft with 2 souls on board circled for approximately 90 minutes to burn off excess fuel before landing. The pilot did an excellent job bringing it in with no injuries and minor damage to the airframe.

Prospect Heights FPD apparatus at airport standby

Prospect Heights FPD photo

Prospect Heights FPD apparatus at airport standby

Prospect Heights FPD photo

1967 Cessna 310N with unlocked front landing gear  lands at Chicago Executive Airport

Dan McInerney photo

Wheeling FD and Prospect Heights FPD apparatus at airport standby

Dan McInerney photo

Prospect Heights FPD apparatus at airport standby

Dan McInerney photo

1967 Cessna 310N with unlocked front landing gear  lands at Chicago Executive Airport

Dan McInerney photo

1967 Cessna 310N with unlocked front landing gear  lands at Chicago Executive Airport

Dan McInerney photo

1967 Cessna 310N with unlocked front landing gear  lands at Chicago Executive Airport

Dan McInerney photo

1967 Cessna 310N with unlocked front landing gear  lands at Chicago Executive Airport

Dan McInerney photo

1967 Cessna 310N with unlocked front landing gear  lands at Chicago Executive Airport

Dan McInerney photo

1967 Cessna 310N with unlocked front landing gear  lands at Chicago Executive Airport

Dan McInerney photo

1967 Cessna 310N with unlocked front landing gear  lands at Chicago Executive Airport

Dan McInerney photo

1967 Cessna 310N with unlocked front landing gear  lands at Chicago Executive Airport

Dan McInerney photo

1967 Cessna 310N with unlocked front landing gear  lands at Chicago Executive Airport

Dan McInerney photo

Prospect Heights FPD apparatus at airport standby. after Cessna lands with unlocked front gear

Prospect Heights FPD photo

1967 Cessna 310N with unlocked front landing gear  lands at Chicago Executive Airport

Dan McInerney photo

video at Chicagoareafire.com

Scottsdale Rescue 10/02/2018 – E McDowell Rd & N 77th St: A swift water rescue in Scottsdale, AZ. This was due to flash flooding from the tropical depression that hit the Phoenix area on the 1st and 2nd of October. No injuries to the victim and or the rescue team.

swift water rescue in Scottsdale AZ

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swift water rescue in Scottsdale AZ

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swift water rescue in Scottsdale AZ

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swift water rescue in Scottsdale AZ

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swift water rescue in Scottsdale AZ

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swift water rescue in Scottsdale AZ

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swift water rescue in Scottsdale AZ

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Scottsdale FD Engine 601

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Phoenix FD Heavy Rescue 8

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Glastonbury CT had this working fire at 138 Naubuc Ave on 9/24/18 at 03:46. Original call was for an auto fire. Retoned 3 minutes later as a structure fire. The fire caused the power line to drop into the fire and then the gas meter let go and the fire was gas fed which extended into the house. Once utilities were secured the fire was quickly extinguished. More pictures here:

Patrick Dooley 

Glastonbury Firefighters at house fire

Patrick Dooley photo

car engulfed in flames spreads to house

Patrick Dooley photo

car engulfed in flames spreads to house

Patrick Dooley photo

car engulfed in flames spreads to house

Patrick Dooley photo

Columbus, Ohio Division of Fire was called to the scene of a natural gas explosion early Friday morning (6/22/18) in the neighborhood just east of downtown. The blast demolished one house and damaged several others, sending two people to the hospital in critical condition.

The destroyed house was supposed to be vacant, and investigators remained on scene attempting to determine the cause of the blast.

Companies on scene: ES1, ES2, PIO, SO2 B1, B3, B4, EMS10, EMS11 E1, E2, E8, E9, E18 L1, L2, L8, L28, L27 M1, M2, M7, M8, M15, M815, M18, M24, M30 R3, R16, RSU3, BOX15-2, CMD1 INV3, 10,12, 13, 14, 16, 37, FK9-4, Support Service 61. Columbus Police, COTA Police, Columbia Gas, AEP

Central Ohio Emergency Response

Columbus FD Battalion 1

Central Ohio Emergency Response

Columbus FD Battalion 4

Central Ohio Emergency Response

Columbus FD Mobile Command post

Central Ohio Emergency Response

Columbus FD Mobile Command post

Central Ohio Emergency Response

Columbus FD Engine 2

Central Ohio Emergency Response

Columbus FD Engine 9

Central Ohio Emergency Response

Columbus FD K9 4

Central Ohio Emergency Response

Columbus FD Rescue 3

Central Ohio Emergency Response

gas explosion destroys a house

Central Ohio Emergency Response

gas explosion destroys a house

Central Ohio Emergency Response

Buffalo Grove (IL)  police and firefighters were called to the 1000 block of Deerfield Road on Easter Sunday (4/1/18) for a one-car crash with entrapment. An ambulance from the neighboring Lincolnshire-Riverwoods FPD was first on the scene while responding to an unrelated EMS assignment. The SUV struck a tree in the center median and sustained significant damage trapping the driver’s left leg. The extrication was completed after roughly an hour. The cold temperatures prompted the use of a portable heater to provide comfort for the patient. Units from Buffalo Grove, Lincolnshire-Riverwoods, and Long Grove were working at the scene.

Firefighters free driver trapped in car

Larry Shapiro photo

Larry Shapiro photo

Firefighters free driver trapped in car Stryker power load cot

Larry Shapiro photo

crash site after SUV hits tree in Buffalo Grove

Larry Shapiro photo

crash site after SUV hits tree in Buffalo Grove

Larry Shapiro photo

crash site after SUV hits tree in Buffalo Grove

Larry Shapiro photo

crash site after SUV hits tree in Buffalo Grove

Larry Shapiro photo

Firefighters use Holmatro battery spreader at crash

Larry Shapiro photo

Larry Shapiro photo

Firefighters use Holmatro rescue spreaders at crash

Larry Shapiro photo

Firefighters use Holmatro rescue spreaders at crash

Larry Shapiro photo

Firefighters free driver trapped in car

Larry Shapiro photo

crash site after SUV hits tree in Buffalo Grove

Larry Shapiro photo

more photos are at Shapirophotography.net